After years of troubled by requests for citizen investigations and lawsuits Ministry of Justice (DOJ), the real estate industry wanted gentle antitrust enforcement under the second Trump administration. Executive experts were initially skeptical, but Elon Musk’s latest actions Government Efficiency Bureau It may be something the real estate industry wanted.
On Saturday, the federal government’s Human Resources Office gave all federal employees two days to provide five bullet points of what they achieved last week. Report from Bloomberg.
This will be particularly difficult for federal workers. Consumer Financial Protection Bureauand has been instructed not to work on supervisory and enforcement work or litigation. At this time, only a small number of watchdog workers are permitted.
In response to the threat of mask layoffs, the largest federal employee union, the United States Government Employees Federation (AFGE), said it would challenge a “illegal” termination if workers fail to comply.
Five DOJ members who spoke to Bloomberg on condition of anonymity told the team not to detail the work they are doing until they become more clear.
Those who know the situation said at least two US lawyers’ offices were trying to gather guidance from DOJ leadership on how to comply with orders, with the support office of all 93 US lawyers. I sent a message.
Sources told Bloomberg that DOJ’s lawyers are concerned that disclosure of details of private investigations, including evidence before the big ju court, would amount to misconduct by the lawyer.
In a post on X, Musk wrote, “A failure to respond is considered a resignation.”
In a communication shared with Bloomberg on Saturday, the Human Resources Administration advised government workers not to send “classified information, links, or attachments.”
DOJ has now issued CIDs with several local and state real estate agents associations. National Association of Realtors (NAR) No-comming ring rule. Additionally, the department is known to consider NAR’s passionately contested, clear cooperation policies, buyer representative agreements and cooperative compensation practices that some listing agents still use. .
If DOJ staff is reduced as a result of Doge orders, this means that there are fewer staff available to pursue surveys in the real estate industry.
